![]() I was six months pregnant of my first daughter, and I was sitting on a chair, a sensor on my finger plugged into a computer. There were medical doctors working hand-in-hand with alternative health doctors there were very sick people and others just seeking personal rejuvenation. ![]() As a guest, I could use some of the services they offered. ![]() In 2006, I had the opportunity to go to a state of the art medical facility in Mexico to assist my parents doing a health assessment. Though I have been diligent about my daily practice over the years, I’ve also had profound, meaningful, and transformative experiences in moments when I was drifting away from the actual meditation technique when I was exploring my own path. I have been meditating for over 20 years and I have explored many techniques-it was my personal inner experience during meditation that first encouraged me to learn about heart coherence. Our hearts can also entrain the hearts of other people around us-research illustrates our hearts actually respond and are connected to the oscillations of the earth frequencies. What does that mean? The heart is basically its own brain. Scientists have found that the signals the heart continuously sends to the brain actually influence the function of higher brain centers involved in perception, cognition, and emotional processing. When we cultivate appreciation and compassion, our heart rhythm actually becomes more consistent-which is linked to a greater sense of wellbeing. But what if we could train our hearts to be in coherence more often? What if we could entrain others in our journey to happiness just by being in a state of deep appreciation for life itself? We all seek different ways to live more at ease. This means that our heart coherence can fluctuate from moment to moment. This coherence has been linked to a sense of wellbeing, as well as being more emotionally stable and reaching peak states of mindfulness.Įach one of us deals with stress differently-whether the stress is mental, emotional or social. Scientific studies have shown that when we cultivate-intentionally or unintentionally-emotions of appreciation, love, and compassion (as opposed to anxiety, anger, or fear) the oscillations of our heart rhythm are showing as being more coherent or consistent. When we feel this connection, not only within ourselves but to our environment and even to Mother Earth, we are actually being in coherence. The flow state is the zone where our hearts, minds, and bodies are at one and we feel a deep connection with ourselves and others. You’ve probably heard about being in “a state of flow.” It might happen during a yoga or meditation class, while cooking with your loved ones, or while you’re cutting a rug late-night with good friends. It is expected that increasing heart coherence and the accompanying EEG alpha activations, heart brain synchronicity, would help recover physiological synchrony following a period of homeostatic depletion.ĮEG HRV heart brain synchronicity heart coherence lagged coherence meditation.Curious to learn more? See Janick as part of our Speakeasy lineup at Wanderlust Tremblant this summer. Heart coherence can be a cardiac marker for the meditative state and also may be a general marker for the meditative state since heart coherence is strongly correlated with EEG alpha activities. Relative alpha power increased with increasing heart coherence during both meditation and baseline periods. Average alpha lagged coherence also increased with increasing heart coherence during meditation, but weak opposite relationship was observed at baseline. Parietal peak alpha power increased with increasing heart coherence during meditation, but no such relationship was observed during baseline. A significant slowing of parietal peak alpha frequency was observed. Relative EEG alpha power and alpha lagged coherence also increased. Heart coherence, representing the degree of ordering in oscillation of heart rhythm intervals, increased significantly during meditation. Electrophysiological changes in response to meditation were explored in 12 healthy volunteers who completed 8 weeks of a basic training course in autogenic meditation. This study is aimed to determine significant physiological parameters of brain and heart under meditative state, both in each activities and their dynamic correlations.
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